"detoxify" meaning in English

See detoxify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: detoxifies [present, singular, third-person], detoxifying [participle, present], detoxified [participle, past], detoxified [past]
Etymology: Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.) Etymology templates: {{affix|en|de-|tox|-ify|alt2=tox-}} de- + tox- + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} detoxify (third-person singular simple present detoxifies, present participle detoxifying, simple past and past participle detoxified)
  1. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something. Translations (remove harmful substances): tehdä myrkyttömäksi (Finnish), désintoxiquer (French), დეტოქსიფიკაცია (deṭoksipiḳacia) (Georgian), დეტოქსიფიცირება (deṭoksipicireba) (Georgian), entgiften (German), entschlacken (english: to purge) (German), 無害化する (mugaika suru) (Japanese), 解毒する (gedoku suru) (Japanese), odtruć [perfective] (Polish), odtruwać [imperfective] (Polish), desintoxicar (Portuguese), dezintoxica (Romanian), desintoxicar (Spanish), avgifta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-detoxify-en-verb-unI0~7-W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, English terms suffixed with -ify, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'remove harmful substances': 93 7
  2. To make something that is harmful more benign.
    Sense id: en-detoxify-en-verb-6yeTqyXb Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: detoxicate, de-toxify Derived forms: detoxifiable, detoxification, detoxifier, undetoxified

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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